Morality of Bible good standard to follow

Monday

Apr 21, 2014 at 11:24 AM

I, too, would disagree with Dr. (Everett) Piper’s statement that "a Godless society is a society devoid of any real standard of morality" (see letter to the editor in April 20 edition of the Examiner-Enterprise.)

I, too, would disagree with Dr. (Everett) Piper’s statement that "a Godless society is a society devoid of any real standard of morality" (see letter to the editor in April 20 edition of the Examiner-Enterprise.)

Even in Scripture, the Apostle Paul speaks of society without the "Law," meaning the Law of God found in the Old Testament, "do by nature" follow that law are a law unto themselves. The problem of society is those who do not keep even that natural law.

Our preacher that had labored among the natives of Alaska told of their belief in a "great flood" in which all the earth was overwhelmed but a boatload of survivors lived to repopulate the earth. Does this sound familiar? I have read that in every society there is a "Noah and the flood" story. Perhaps the Biblical story is historical?

The Bible also speaks of a time when every man was law unto themselves disregarding the laws of God. Our society today seems to be going in that direction. When we read statistics of the crime rate or of the numbers of marriages ending in divorce or people living to gather unmarried or the decline of church attendance, we can get a feeling of where this society is going. What has brought about this decline in our standard of morality as a nation?

I trace this decline back to World War II. The men were drafted into the army to be sent to Europe and the Pacific. War production was at an all-time high and workers were needed in every industry. The women left at home went to work in the factories to help build the necessary implements of war.

Since that time, women have left the raising of their children to others so they could work and be independent. Today at our local schools 50 percent of the students are living with one parent or grandparent. Their morality training is left to be determined by the children they associate with not by God-fearing parents.

Today our children are being classified as the "Me Generation." They believe they have a God-given right to everything material that all the other children may have. It does not matter how they get it as long as they get it. It may take another generation — perhaps two — to devolve down to every man being a law unto them-selves.

The Bible does give a higher standard of morality than the bottom line survival of the fittest. It does not matter whether you believe in God or not, the morality of the Bible is a better standard to follow.